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CHAPTER III. 
September 14. — Before seven in the morning Mr. Salt came on 
board, accompanied by Major Green, the Town Major of Bombay, 
bearing the Governor's invitation to me to reside at his house dur- 
ing my stay. I left the Fox soon afterwards under the usual salute, 
and on landing received a similar compliment from the fort. Mr. 
Duncan's palanquin conveyed me to the Government-house, where 
I was met by himself, and most kindly congratulated on my arrival. 
After breakfast he expressed his extreme regret at the misconduct 
of Captain Keys, who, he informed me, had been under an arrest 
since his arrival. He also kindly assured me that, whatever were 
my future plans, I should have his best assistance, and that, if I 
should determine to go to Suez or Bussorah, he trusted he could 
find me a better vessel than the Antelope, and a better commander 
than Captain Keys. 
The kindness that I invariably experienced from Mr. Duncan, 
and the stock of information of which I found him possessed, made 
me almost rejoice that I had been obliged to return from the Red 
Sea. The anxiety which I had experienced during my voyage was 
fully compensated by the discovery, that the western shore was 
navigable, and that it could supply provisions. I lost no time in 
communicating to the Marquis Wellesley the result of my voyage, 
^ind urgently represented the eligibility of a small vessel's being 
